Single delivery pill box



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P. SINGLE DELIVERY PILL BOX.

No. 448,350. Patented Mar. 17, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRIEDRICH KOCH, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

SINGLE-DELIVERY PlLL-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,350, dated March17, 1891.

Application filed July 8, 1890. Serial No. 358,114. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH KooH, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,residing at Schoneberger, ufer No. 10, Berlin, in Germany, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in a Single-Delivery Pill- Box, ofwhich the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to boxes for holding pills and the like; and itconsists in a receptacle for said pills, having means for allowing saidpills to be delivered one by one from the receptacle.

Reference being made to the accon'lpanying drawings, Figures 1, 3, and 5are respectively vertical central sections on lines o o, w w, and a: a:of Figs. 2, 4., and 6, the latter being respectively cross-sections ofFigs. 1, 3, and 5 on the line it u of Fig. 1, said Figs. 1 to 6 showingthe improved pill-receptacle and delivery device in different positions.Figs. 7, S, and 9 show the different separate parts, each in two views,as will be readily understood on reference to said figures.

The box a, which contains the pills, has in its bottom I) the openingc,sufficient for the passage of one pill, and also a central hole (1',through which the spindle e of the disk f extends. On the side of thebox a is fixed the small pin g. The box a is surrounded at the bottom bythe capsule h, which has an opening 0 in its base for delivering a pilland a hole (Z for receiving the spindle e. The capsule h rotates on thebox a, and this rotation is limited by the notch v. in the edge of thecapsule, in connection with the pin g, located on the box. The spindle eis fixed in the hole (1 of the capsule, and extends loosely through thehole d into the box a, and there carries a disk f, which thereforeduring a rotation of the capsule will rotate likewise within the box.The disk f is inclined and curved or dished, and has the notch or holecilarge enough for allowing a pill to pass through. The position of thelower opening 0 and of the notch 0 which are in fixed relation one tothe other, is arranged so that the one does not coincide with the other,Fig. 8, while the opening 0 of the box a, located between both,corresponds, during the rotation of the capsule, first with the notch 0and then with the open ing The bottoms b and 7c of the box and capsule,respectively, are kept apart somewhat less than the diameter of the pillby a small washer or block Z.

For the sake of clearness, one pill 0 only is shown in dotted lines inthe box a.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the pill rolls over the oblique disk f into the notch cand arrives upon the bottom I) of the box a. The box being held in onehand, the capsule h, with disk f, is turned to the left with the otherhand as far as the pin 9 and the notch 7. permit. By this rotation thenotch 0 will come just above the opening 0. The pill will therefore fallthrough the latter upon the bottom of the capsule 71, Figs. 3 and 4.Said pill, however, still projects partly into the opening 0', so thatwith the rotation of the capsule, now made back to the right, the pill,sliding underneath the disk f, is kept in the opening 0' until thelatter and the opening 0 coincide, when the pill falls out at 0 Fig. 5.The opening 0 is during this period covered again by the disk f, so thatno pill can follow; but another pill will have rolled into the notch 0so that when the to-and-fro rotation of the capsule is repeated one pillwill always fall out in the described manner.

I claim In a receptacle for holding pills and the like and deliveringthe same singly, the combination of a box a,havinga hole 0 in the bottomI) thereof, a rotary capsule h before said hole, said capsule h havingthe hole 0 therein, the diskf within the box, having the hole 0 and thespindle (2, connecting said diskf and capsule h, the disk f, bottom I),and capsule h being spaced from each other for passage of the pill, inthe manner set forth.

In witness whereof I have signed this specification in presence of twowitnesses.

FRIEDRICH KOCH. Witnesses;

OSCAR SCHMIDT, ALFRED KiiHN.

